TORONTO—Canadians are not getting too excited about the possibilities for short message service (SMS), according to a report released by the Yankee Group in Canada. Its research claims only 5 percent of Canadian cellular users are very interested in SMS, while 42 percent have...
BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, United States—Through a deal with message interoperability company InphoMatch, Verizon Wireless is now the last of the nationwide, consumer-focused carriers to allow its users to send short message service (SMS) messages to subscribers of rival carriers using only a phone number.Verizon...
TORONTO—Canada's four national wireless carriers launched commercial availability of inter-carrier mobile text messaging. The four operators, Bell Mobility, Microcell PCS, Rogers AT&T Wireless and Telus Mobility, are all using technology from CMG Wireless Data Solutions.Each carrier will route out-of-network short message service messages to...
ATLANTA, United States—Numerex announced it will provide United Telecommunication Services (UTS), official telecommunications company of the Netherlands Antilles, with its patent-pending wireless short message service (SMS) throughout its Caribbean coverage areas in Curacao, St. Marten, Bonaire, Saba and Statia.Numerex will use its Data1Source centralized...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Mobile communication applications provider iTouch, founded in Cape Town, South Africa, and listed on the London Stock Exchange, has announced financial results for the year to December 2001, with revenues up 260 percent on 2000, margins on the increase and cash available...
DUBLIN, Ireland—Messaging company Logica continued to expand its range of messaging products with the release of its Mobile Community Messaging services, which the company said will allow users to form mobile chat sessions, instant message family and friends, and conduct polling and voting.The company...
ATLANTA—Numerex Corp. announced it will provide United Telecommunication Services (UTS), official telecommunications company of the Netherlands Antilles, with its patent-pending wireless short message service throughout its coverage areas in Curacao, St. Marten, Bonaire, Saba and Statia.Numerex will use its Data1Source centralized service bureau to...
ORLANDO—Motorola Inc. announced Cingular Wireless will be the first North American carrier for the Motorola V70 handset at this week's CTIA Wireless 2002 tradeshow. The V70 has a rotating cover and circular display, blue electro-luminescent MotoGlo lighting, translucent housing and a black screen display...
CINCINNATI—InfoSpace launched a new wireless data service with Cincinnati Bell that the company said dramatically simplifies user provisioning of SMS alerts. The new service allows Cincinnati Bell users to stay up to date on the latest NCAA March Madness basketball game results by dialing...
JOHANNNESBURG, South Africa—South African mobile network operator MTN reported that it suspended its free PC-to-mobile short message service (SMS) on Mtnsms.com following an unsustainable third-party cost increase. A company spokesman said the site would be redesigned and relaunched as a fee-based service in the...
LONDON—Currently representing 10 percent of total carrier revenues, short message service (SMS) is the dominant data contributor to carrier average revenue per user (ARPU), and its value is expected to continue to grow, according to a recent Frost & Sullivan study.Frost & Sullivan credits...
HONG KONG—The Hong Kong mobile market is set for a transformation, with four third-generation (3G) mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) established, based on the requirements of Hong Kong’s four 3G license holders. The first 3G MVNO services are set to begin at the end...
LONDON—Short message service (SMS) company Logica said it scored two multimedia messaging contracts and is trialing the product with five additional wireless carriers. The company did not name its customers.Analysts have questioned whether Logica, which controls a vast amount of the SMS industry, can...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Southeast Asian operators are predicted to face unprecedented growth in data traffic during the coming years. Operators in the region have witnessed a surge in data traffic through short message service (SMS) traffic, followed by General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) offerings in recent...
LONDON—Orange has partnered with BBC Multimedia and Digital Bridges to bring the television show "The Weakest Link" to mobile-phone users in Europe.The mobile version of the game show will be available for Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and short message service (SMS) phones. The WAP...
MANILA, The Philippines—According to Merrill Lynch in a recent research study, SMS revenues in Asia, excluding the Philippines, only consist of a minor percentage—between 1 percent and 5 percent—of operators' revenues due to diverse markets, regulations and immense competition. In Europe, SMS revenue is...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Third mobile network operator Cell C announced it enhanced its directory inquiry service by allowing subscribers to receive numbers via short message service (SMS) at no extra cost.The service is a departure from the alternative, where a caller must write down a...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Singapore's two leading cellular operators recently launched new price plans to attract new customers and retain existing ones. Both SingTel and MobileOne (M1) are offering more free talktime and free short message service (SMS) in the plans.Lucas Chow, chief executive officer (CEO) of...
DULLES, Va.—Hitachi Ltd. has received a license from America Online Inc. subsidiary Tegic Communications to integrate its T9 Text Input software for the Spanish and English languages into new mobile-phone models that will enter the U.S. market later this year."T9 Text Input software, also...
CANNES, France—Among the slew of announcements made here at the 3GSM World Congress last week, location services seemed to move farther up on the radar screens of both operators and vendors, with predictions for commercial availability of substantial offerings later this year.From the large...
MANILA, The Philippines—Smart Communications, one of the Philippines' biggest mobile-phone operators, recently reported that its network would be able to handle a 10-million subscriber capacity this year.Smart signed late last year a US$200 million GSM expansion contract with Nokia. The company announced that the...
ANNAPOLIS, Md.—OpenPath Products announced its SMS Testing Suite, a collection of tools that support SMS application developers, testers, and carriers, is now available."The SMS Testing Suite allows users to test one and two way SMS applications under real world traffic conditions without the expense...
DUBLIN, Ireland—Vodafone Fiji is using short message service (SMS) software from Ireland's Xiam. The announcement follows a trial of the software during the 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament.The software allowed Vodafone Fiji to deliver the latest information and results throughout the tournament. Users...
